'We are at war': New York's rat crisis made worse by climate change
by Oliver Milman in New York from on (#45F16)
Rat-related callouts rise as experts say warming temperatures are helping New York's rats feed and mate longer into the year
The discarded slices of pizza that litter New York's streets have long fuelled its sizeable population of rats, but now the city's growing swarm has a new reason to enjoy their home - warming temperatures.
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